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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization. ↗

— Peter Jennings

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I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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